December 07, 1998 | Volume 89, Issue 23

Many college athletes have been tempted but haven't accepted offers from slimy characters. Whatever jail time Stevin (Hedake) Smith receives, he deserves.—Tabitha L. Cutrell, Hot Springs, Ark.

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PRO FOOTBALL

Arrival TimeEven in defeat Peyton Manning proved he's the man to lead the Colts

1. Upon Further ReviewReferee Phil Luckett blew the overtime coin flip in the Thanksgiving game between the Steelers and the Lions. Back judge Bob La wing made a highly questionable pass...

Despite two major knee injuries, Yatil Green is determined to play for Miami

The best division to handicap is the AFC East. Why? Because 1) it has four good teams in it, 2) they're all contending, and 3) all four could wind up in the playoffs, or only one of them could....

Well HeeledNorth Carolina cashed in at the Chase NIT

Record Breakers

•Kansas State (11-0) vs. Texas A&M (10-2)When the Aggies met on Sunday, two days after their 26-24 loss at Texas, coach R.C. Slocum stressed the big picture. "If we had lost to Florida State...

Pssst. Wanna see something? A guy I know in upper, upper, upper management let me get a look at what we'll all be doing in the next life.

Mario Toledo, Del Ray Beach, Fla.TennisToledo, a freshman at Georgia Perimeter Junior College and the national juco champion, laid claim to being the best college player outside Division I when he...

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Taking stock of baseball's record-breaking free-agent spending spree

•That right now a sculptor is busy putting dreadlocks on the Heisman statue.

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Last week's British national championship of professional dance sport was held in a ballroom in Blackpool, England, but for Donna Shingler, it might just as well have been staged in a mosh pit....

The International Badminton Federation has suspended Indonesia's Budiarto Sigit, a men's doubles world champion, for 13 months and fined him $2,000 for testing positive for anabolic steroids.

THEO FLEURYCalgary's $2.4 million-a-year winger and, at 5'6", the NHL's shortest player, upon learning that rookie Flames teammate Martin St. Louis towers over him by half an inch: "That's O.K....

Please Pass The Grey PouponThe 40-foot Team Scream, with Mark Rueckwald of Hamlin, N.Y., driving and Rick Merola of Brewerton, N.Y., manning the throttle, skims across Key West Harbor at speeds of...

of the Steelers possesses talent unmatched by any other lineman in the NFL and clears holes wide enough to drive the Bus through

Having survived a dozen car crashes and destructive bouts with drugs and alcohol, Angel Manfredy is determined to be a world champ—and a symbol of good trumping evil

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Carlos Boozer of Juneau is following Langdon's trail

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PGA/LPGA

Of Crocs and Crotch HooksYou won't learn much about Tiger Woods or the U.S. Open in Offbeat Golf ($17.95, Santa Monica Press), but you will find courses where tigers roam, and you'll meet Floyd...

Yip, Yip, HoorayGermany's Bernhard Linger contracted the yips when he was 19. He cured them by switching to a heavier putter. But in 1988 Langer, then 30, suffered a relapse. Shortly after...

Separation AnxietyShoulder surgery has Tom Lehman mulling his future

Whom would you most like to see in the Skins Game?

5,389Strokes this year by Annika Sorenstam, whose 69.99 average made her the first LPGA player to break 70 for a season. Had Sorenstam taken one more stroke in 1998, her average would have been 70.0.

There was no escaping golf in 1998. Not on television, not even on Ally McBeal. "There's more to life than being a lawyer," Calista Flockhart's quirky title character (right) philosophizes in one...

1. The day after I pitched a perfect game, I holed a 45-foot chip for eagle in a Connecticut charity outing.

Fred Funk, Tom Kite, Fanny Sunesson: Former eyeglass-wearers, they corrected their vision with laser surgery.

Callaway. Earnings were down 84%, the workforce was cut by 24%, and Steelhead woods are smaller and cheaper.

1. Sylvester Stallone was temporarily suspended from La Gorce Country Club in Miami Beach for:

Happy Endings: At the PGA Tour's recent qualifying tournament at La Quinta, Calif., 1997 NCAA champ Charles Warren triple-bogeyed the 3rd hole in the sixth and final round. Carlos Franco...

Another year has passed, and I'm still not in the LPGA Hall of Fame. For seven years now, I've heard fans call out, "Amy, we're rooting for you to get your 30th!" But I'm stuck on 29 career wins,...

What do these players have in common?